A few weeks ago I posted a question
asking whether getting the hands cold
and stiff repeatedly causes irreversible
damage.
No one answered.
I've since had an opportunity to present
the question to a university professor
of physiology.
He seemed quite competent in answering, and I
have had
Why are cold hands stiff? Maybe the ligaments
actully stiffen? Or the tendons do not slide
easily in their sheathes? Or maybe it's in the
nerves?
And, does cold cause irreversible damage?
If one iced his hands every day for a year, would
it cause long-term irreversible damage?
To get on
I wonder whether the historical Italian lutenists had a significant
advantage in their warm climate over the northern Europeans
who, with their cold climate and crude heating systems, may
have often had cold hands.
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